diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index a07b40f9..d025bed4 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pydantic==2.5.3
 pydantic_core==2.14.6
 PyJWT==2.8.0
 PyPDF2==1.26.0
-python-dotenv==1.0.0
+python-dotenv==1.0.1
 pytz==2023.3.post1
 PyYAML==6.0.1
 sniffio==1.3.0